Hat and coat hanger.



P. PEARCE.

HAT AND GOAT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1912.

1,025,831 Patented May 7, 1912.

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HAT AND GOAT HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1912.

Application filed January 2, 1912. Serial No. 668,971.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK PEARCE, a citizenof the United States, resident of Millers Falls, in the county ofFranklin and State of Massachusetts, have made a certain new and usefulInvent-ion in Hat and Coat Hangers; and I declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use theinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The drawing is a perspective view of the invention.

The invention has relation to hat and coat racks or hangers, and itconsists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as

hereinafter set forth.

In the accom an in drawin s illustrat- P 2; b a mg the mventlon, thenumeral 1 designates a hanger having a shank or stem 2 provided at thelower end thereof with oppositely extending supports 3 for a coat; atthe upper end thereof with an eye a for engagement with a support, andintermediately of its length with an outward extending arm 5 havingoppositely extending downward projecting hook supports 6 for a hat. Thehanger is formed preferably of a single piece of wire, starting at oneend at the eye 4, extending downward to form the shank; thence outwardand inward and outward and inward again to form the shoulder loops 3;thence upward around the stem in a coiled or twisted manner at 7, andoutward again to form the hat hooks, the wire for these hooks extendingfirst outward at 8; thence downward, outward, inward and upward to formone of the hooks; thence outward again at 9 in line with the part 8, andthence downward, inward, outward and upward to form the other hat hook.The arm formed by the parts 8 and 9 extends laterally and outwardly fromthe stem in substantially the same plane as the longitudinal center ofthe coat-supporting loops, and is located at least the height of a hatabove said loops. The oppositely extending loops 3 fit within theshoulders of a coat, to support the same, and the brim of the hat isengaged in a sliding manner with the hooks 6, between the same and thepart 9 of the arm located above the the hooks, the crown of the hathanging downward between the arm 9 and the shoulder loops. The brim ofthe hat is confined in a secure manner between the hooks and the part 9of the arm located above the hooks.

The invention is of simple and durable nature, capable of economicalmanufacture, and will well serve the purpose for which it is intended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A hat-wire and coat hanger havinga stem provided with an upper eye,lower oppositely extending coat-supporting loops, an upper extensionadjacent to said stem, and a laterally and outwardly extending armlocated in substantially the same plane as the longitudinal center ofsaid loops and at least the height of a hat above said loops, andoppositely extending downward projecting hat-supporting hooks formed inthe wire of said arm and adapted to receive the brim of a hat betweenthe same and said arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK PEARCE.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. PAYNE, RAY M. ROBINSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

